ReshaMandi Opens Asia’s second-largest silk cocoon mandi, expands pan India

ReshaMandi, India’s first and largest digital ecosystem for natural fibre supply chain starting from farm to retail, has set up Asia’s second-largest cocoon mandi in Ramanagara. The cutting-edge processing plant and warehouse will benefit over 30,000 sericulture farmers and serve over 6000 reelers with an aim to optimize silk value chain and achieve high quality of raw silk through interventions.
ReshaMandi’s technology will ensure fair, resilient bidding and a warehouse management system. The facility at Ramanagara will consist of systems that will enable time series computation on the live bidding and enable statistical computation on the edge of the network while securing the bidding by setting up a geo fence perimeter. Bidding and purchasing will be delivered with the company’s unique cart management solution, offering payments through Mobile Application or working capital being given to reelers.
Through the 24 cocoon procurement centres in the southern state, ReshaMandi seeks to offer reelers scientifically graded cocoons by using image processing and deep learning algorithms for a predictive renditta grading. This will improve the quality of yarns, increase production capacity and benefit thousands of retailers who are using ReshaMandi’s mobile application. Overall, ReshaMandi will address issues such as quality of yarn, easy access to finance, fair pricing, scientific testing and optimized logistics.
Mayank Tiwari, CEO and Founder- ReshaMandi said, “As we open Asia’s second-biggest cocoon Mandi in Ramanagara, we want to provide several prospects and opportunities to the whole supply chain ecosystem. Till now, we have made significant contributions to reduce the bottlenecks in the natural fibre supply chain ecosystem and with mandi, we will ensure that a comprehensive set of actions are implemented onsite for the farmers accommodations and with innovation, sericulture advancement in the country.
We believe this centre is a significant step towards improving industry standards and providing better employment opportunities and income for the sector which will help uplift the entire value chain, propel the advancements in the field of sericulture and will eventually manifest in making Bharat Atmanirbhar in silk production.”
ReshaMandi is creating a country-wide network that sources fabrics, sarees, and accessories directly from 5500 weavers and 6000+ reelers with an aims to bring a sustainable, authentic, positive economic change in the lives of stakeholders, their families, and communities, while re-igniting consumers’ love for India’s diverse weaving traditions.
Reshamandi is India’s first and largest digital ecosystem for natural fibre supply chain starting from farm to retail. The business model helps in digitizing the entire supply chain and ensures that there is a significant social impact at the grassroot levels. The startup is a 360-degree solution for the stakeholders of the industry as it connects sericulture farmers, silk reelers, fabric weavers, and retailers, enabling them to get the best price for their produce, reducing the time to travel to market, and making sure that they are supplied with the best raw materials and testing kits.